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| author | jcamou <jcamou@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-08-29 06:47:43 +0000 |
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| committer | jcamou <jcamou@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-08-29 06:47:43 +0000 |
| commit | d634255a1cb29074bfdbbe4efc93dc0548fda4b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 731cc866fd3367f9b6dd9553de063bb379d10c71 /bin | |
| parent | 0dc06b1087992bc59fc86103ebd146141f93424d (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d634255a1cb29074bfdbbe4efc93dc0548fda4b3.zip FreeBSD-src-d634255a1cb29074bfdbbe4efc93dc0548fda4b3.tar.gz | |
o Discuss the ways to escape an alias.
o Fix the alias syntax lines.
o Refer to the Aliases subsection.
PR: docs/84914
Submitted by: garys
Approved by: trhodes (mentor)
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 306491d..b077413 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -355,8 +355,9 @@ The following is a list of valid operators: .El .Ss Quoting Quoting is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters -or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, or -keywords. +or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, keywords, +or alias names. +.Pp There are three types of quoting: matched single quotes, matched double quotes, and backslash. .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -422,6 +423,15 @@ to create functions with arguments. They can also be used to create lexically obscure code. This use is discouraged. +.Pp +An alias name may be escaped in a command line, so that it is not +replaced by its alias value, by using quoting characters within or +adjacent to the alias name. This is most often done by prefixing +an alias name with a backslash to execute a function, built-in, or +normal program with the same name. +See the +.Sx Quoting +subsection. .Ss Commands The shell interprets the words it reads according to a language, the specification of which is outside the scope @@ -1352,8 +1362,7 @@ for the file. If it is not found in the .Ev PATH , it is sought in the current working directory. -.It Ic alias Op Ar name ... -.It Ic alias Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar string ... +.It Ic alias Oo Ar name Ns Oo = Ns Ar string Oc ... Oc If .Ar name Ns = Ns Ar string is specified, the shell defines the alias @@ -1372,6 +1381,9 @@ built-in command prints the names and values of all defined aliases .Ic unalias ) . Alias values are written with appropriate quoting so that they are suitable for re-input to the shell. +Also see the +.Sx Aliases +subsection. .It Ic bg Op Ar job ... Continue the specified jobs (or the current job if no jobs are given) |
